Cartridge clip



Mgrch-25,.1941. J. c. GARAND' 2,235,833

CARTRIDGE CLIP Filed Nov. 22, 1938 Inventn? LIEIhTL E- G ar'and Attorney oan'rnmolsom John 0. caress s m one, mass, assignor to the Government of the United State's of Amerion, as represented by thesecretary of War and hissnccessors in omse.

Application November 22, 1938,: sci-n1 No. 241,821

6 Claims. (case-s7) (oi-antes under the set of March a, 1883, a

v amended April so, 1921;; two. c.7511) f curren Areal! The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government ior governmental purposes, without the payment to 7 me of any royalty thereon.

The subject of this invention is a cartridge clip of the type intended to'hold. a double row of cartridges in staggered relation and to be inserted therewith into the receiver of a gun of the jclass' shown in U. 8. Patents 557,079 and 853,715.

' The main objects of the invention are'tiie provision of means to cause the clip to be thrown to one side when automatically ejected from the reejected from the clip by thefollower.

. These objects are attained broadly by retarding the travelof one side of-the clip as it is being ejected, and by placing an obstacle in the path oi the upwardly moving cartridges.

Specifically, a projection is'provided on the side of the clip adapted to engage a slight obstruction .ona wall of the receiver to cause the elected clip to be deflected to one side,'and-the edges of the intumed ends of the side walls ofthe-clip diverge iromthe side walls so thatthese edges have a =greater forward convergence than the side walls.

With' these and'other objects inview, the invention resides in the novel arrangement and combination'oi parts and in the details of con- Fig. 2.

ence:

The clip consists oi a back plate 4 preferably formed with stifieningribs S, froiifi the sides of which back plate extend forwardly converging Side walls H formed with inturned ends the edges 8-8 of theinturned portions diverging from the side walls as they recede from the back ,plate; 3 The side walls adjacent to the back plate have outwardly extending ribs 8 which serve to guide the clip into the receiver and holdit in position therein, fitting into grooves in the receiver for mg. 4 is a sectional-view on the line by such purpose, and also inwardly extending rib'si6 which engage in front of the extracting rims oi the cartridges and retain them in position in the clip. Formed on a-plane vertical portion of each side wall oi the clip when the clip is reversible as herein shown, is a projection ii the lowermost one of which is adapted to engage an obstruction on the wall of the receiver as shown in copending application Serial No. 262,171 of' March 16,

-1939,to cause theclip to be defl ted-to one side as it is ejected from the receiver when all the cartridges have been fed therefrom. ce'ivenand to assure that cartridges will not be,

The intumed portions of the side walls of the clip are cut away djacent to the back plate, as indicated at IE, to permit cartridges to be fed into it possible to load the clip with a loading machine when the sides of the clip are expanded or spread apart sufiiciently to permit entrance of a cartridge between the edges as r the opposite cartridge retaining portions 7-,

It will be noted in Figs. 3 and 4 that the dis tance between the edges 8-4 at their front ends has been appreciably reduced" because each edge.

diverges from the corresponding side wall d so 25.

that this distance at the iront'ends will normally be less than the diameter of thecartridg and a will require spreading of the side walls when loading through the opening between the cartridge retaining portions 6-4. Because of this diverzence of the edges 8 ofthe cartridge retaining portions I there is provided suiilcient additional" metal to properly support the uppermost cartridge in position to be advanced by the breech bolt or a gun and this support is particularly necessary when the last round has be'ii'moved into position for loading by the cartridge feed cartridges in staggered relation and adapted to be r inserted therewith into the receiver of again, said Referringto the drawingby numerals of refer clip comprising aback plate and two converging sidewalls extending forwardlypfrom the back plate to embrace the stack of cartridges, said side I 2. a clip for holding a double. row stack of cartridges in staggeredrelation and adapted to be inserted therewith into the receiver of a gun, said clip comprising a back plate and two side walls extending forwardly from the back plate to embrace the' stack oi cartridges, said side walls.

the clipfrom the end in loading thus rendering the top and bottom thereof, the edges of said retaining portions being forwardly diverged with respect to their corresponding side wall.-

3. A clip for holding a double row stack of cartridges in staggered relation and adaptedto be inserted therewith into the receiver of a gun, said clip comprising a back plate and two side walls extending 'forwardly and. convergingly from the back plate to embrace the stack of cartridges,

said side walls having inturned cartridge retaining portions, the inturned portions at the same end of the clip being spaced at their forward ends a distance less than the diameter of a cartridge I to be carried in the clip.

4. A cartridge clip including spaced side walls adapted to embrace a double row stack of cartridges in staggered relation, said side walls having inturned cartridge retaining portions, the edges 01' said retaining portions being forwardly having inturned cartridge retaining portions at diverged with respect to their corresponding side wall.

5. A reversible cartridge clip adapted to be inserted into the receiver of a gun with either one of opposite ends in lowermostposition, said clip comprising opposite side walls, each side wall provided with a single projection adapted for engagement with deflecting means on the receiver during election of the clip, the projections being adjacent opposite ends of the opposite side walls.

6. A cartridge clip adapted to be inserted into the receiver of a gun, said clip including a side wall oneiend of which will be lowermost when inserted into the receiver; said side wall having a JOHN c. GARANDI. 

